Evaluation of the association of polymorphisms in EYA1, environmental factors, and non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Western Han Chinese.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOCs) are complex disease involving genetic triggers, environmental factors, and their interplay. Recent studies demonstrated that EYA1, a member of eye absent gene family, might contribute to NSOCs.

METHODS:

We investigated three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and eight environmental factors (multivitamin, folic acid and calcium supplementation history, maternal alcohol consumption, common cold history, maternal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke in the first trimester, and paternal smoking in the 3 months before pregnancy) among 294 case-parent trios and 183 individual controls in western Han Chinese to evaluate the relationship between EYA1, environmental factors, and NSOCs. To be better known the gene's role in the etiology of NSOCs, we performed statistical analysis in different aspects including the linkage disequilibrium test, transmission disequilibrium test, haplotype analysis, multiple logistic regression analysis, and conditional logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS:

Allele C at rs3779748 showed an over-transmission in NSCL/P trios (P = 0.03), and genotype A/A at rs10094908 was under-transmitted among NSCL/P trios (P = 0.03), whereas over-transmitted among NSCPO trios (P = 0.02). The haplotype GC of rs10094908-rs3779748 was over-transmitted among NSCL/P trios (P = 0.05) and NSCPO trios (P = 0.05), respectively. Maternal common cold history, environmental tobacco smoke, and maternal alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnancy were risk factors for NSOCs, while calcium supplementation during the first trimester showed a protective effect. No evidence of interactions between EYA1 and environmental factors was found.

CONCLUSIONS:

These results revealed an association between EYA1, some environmental factors, and NSOCs in western Han Chinese.

• Authors: Ni Zeng, Jun Wu, Wen-Chao Zhu, Bing Shi, Zhong-Lin Jia
• Journal: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (J Oral Pathol Med) Vol. 44 Issue 10 Pg. 864-9 (Nov 2015) ISSN: 1600-0714 [Electronic] Denmark
• PMID: 25640282 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Chemical References

• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Nuclear Proteins
• Tobacco Smoke Pollution
• EYA1 protein, human
• Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

Topics

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alleles
• Case-Control Studies
• China
• Cleft Lip (etiology, genetics)
• Cleft Palate (etiology, genetics)
• Environment
• Female
• Gene-Environment Interaction
• Haplotypes
• Heterozygote
• Humans
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics)
• Linkage Disequilibrium
• Male
• Nuclear Proteins (genetics)
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Pregnancy
• Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (genetics)
• Risk Factors
• Tobacco Smoke Pollution